Microsoft Store India Hacked, Passwords Stored in Plain Text

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[citation][nom]Netherscourge[/nom]Plain Text Password storage.The latest in Microsoft Security.[/citation]Quasar, actually.

Reading - it's not for everyone.

 

[neferius]

[citation][nom]peevee[/nom]Easily hackable system? Plaintext passwords? Sounds like Indian programmers indeed...[/citation]
This.
Also how Firefox became such a bloated piece of crap after the project was turned over to Indian devs 😡

 

[jalek]

[citation][nom]beayn[/nom]These people barely get by keeping the network running and you end up with stupid shit like passwords stored in plain text.I run into this all the time.[/citation]

Interview skills are vastly more important than technical skills all over the IT industry. One company I worked at had a DBA position open and got hundreds of applicants. The guy they hired had no Oracle experience, his MS Access time apparently wasn't enough, who'd have guessed? Not just that, but the guy asked the same questions repeatedly, indicating that he wasn't really picking anything up. I get tired of taking time away from my job to tell people making more than me how to do theirs.

 

[danwat1234]

[citation][nom]mobrocket[/nom]MFST store inda... what the hell do they even offer there?software on how to come to america and get a tax free business?[/citation]
Microsoft Flight simulator, NY edition...

 

[gogogadgetliver]

[citation][nom]mobrocket[/nom]MFST store inda... what the hell do they even offer there?software on how to come to america and get a tax free business?[/citation]

The Indian middle class which is exploding (unlike our shrinking one) is quite interested in software and electronics.

Your ignorance is why they are taking your jobs. I interview engineers from both countries and they are eating our lunch.

 

[ojas]

You know i'm a bit annoyed with all these "OMG outsourcing to India is such a bad idea, they're taking our jobs, whine whine whine" on every article like this.

The idea is simple: If you want your jobs, then deserve them.


Anyway, MS, Google, FB, etc are all multi-nationals now, so if you guys seriously think that all their staff should be from the US, then that's BS. Heck, all major companies/institutions around the world have people from different countries holding different positions. So if you think all the outsourcing happens to Asia, do remember that most, if not all, of your companies have very senior members from Asia and India. Heck, even hotmail was created by an Indian.

I'm not saying this wasn't stupid, especially after PSN, but i'm just saying, if this had happened in the States or in Europe, i'm sure you wouldn't be saying "that's what you get when you employ people from the US". Don't say that in this case either. At least, don't generalize.

 

[eddieroolz]

After the recent spree of hackings, Microsoft India has no excuse.

 

[Guest]

Jobs in the IT industry tend to be managed - you have a boss, and the determination of whether or not you deserve your job is a decision that is made above you, by someone who it juggling a budget against the quality of "their" product ("your" work) - often, financial considerations win these kinds of deliberations, and talent, dedication and professionalism are not considered to be as important as the bottom line.

 

[andy141288]

[citation][nom]mobrocket[/nom]MFST store inda... what the hell do they even offer there?software on how to come to america and get a tax free business?[/citation]

The thing is Indians have more brains and that is the reason US people employee them if you people who are talking about the jobs would have that much of brains then they don't need Indians but the thing is you don't that's why the Indians take your job simple